Sexual Harassment

The governing council of The Energy and Resources Institute announced late Thursday that Rajendra Pachauri would be replaced as director-general of the renowned environment think-tank by Arun Mathur, an energy efficiency expert

To dismiss sexual misconduct as biologically hardwired not only comes across as defeatist, it also ignores the fact that the institutions we build can still be intelligently designed to be robust and accountable.

Had such a process been in place last November, there’s no question that the situation involving Massimo and Andrews, as well as the two NDP MPs, would have been handled with much more dignity for all the parties involved.